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Extinction produces context inhibition and multiple-context extinction reduces response recovery in human predictive learning

Extinction produces context inhibition and multiple-context extinction reduces response recovery in human predictive learning
Extinction produces context inhibition and multiple-context extinction reduces response recovery in human predictive learning
Two experiments with human participants were used to investigate recovery of an extinguished learned response after a context change using ABC designs. In an ABC design, the context changes over the three successive stages of acquisition (context A), extinction (context B), and test (context C). In both experiments, we found reduced recovery in groups that had extinction in multiple contexts, and that the extinction contexts acquired inhibitory strength. These results confirm those of previous investigations, that multiple-context extinction can produce less response recovery than single-context extinction, and they also provide new evidence for the involvement of contextual inhibitory processes in extinction in humans. The foregoing results are broadly in line with a protection-from-extinction account of response recovery. Yet, despite the fact that we detected contextual inhibition, predictions based on protection-from-extinction were not fully reliable for the single- and multiple-context group differences that we observed in (1) rates of extinction and (2) the strength of context inhibition. Thus, although evidence was obtained for a protection from-extinction account of response recovery, this account can not explain all of the data.
associative learning, inhibition, extinction, renewal
1543-4494
Glautier, Steven
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Elgueta, Tito
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Nelson, James Byron
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Glautier, Steven
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Elgueta, Tito
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Glautier, Steven, Elgueta, Tito and Nelson, James Byron (2013) Extinction produces context inhibition and multiple-context extinction reduces response recovery in human predictive learning. Learning & Behavior, 41. (doi:10.3758/s13420-013-0109-7). (PMID:23572235)

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Two experiments with human participants were used to investigate recovery of an extinguished learned response after a context change using ABC designs. In an ABC design, the context changes over the three successive stages of acquisition (context A), extinction (context B), and test (context C). In both experiments, we found reduced recovery in groups that had extinction in multiple contexts, and that the extinction contexts acquired inhibitory strength. These results confirm those of previous investigations, that multiple-context extinction can produce less response recovery than single-context extinction, and they also provide new evidence for the involvement of contextual inhibitory processes in extinction in humans. The foregoing results are broadly in line with a protection-from-extinction account of response recovery. Yet, despite the fact that we detected contextual inhibition, predictions based on protection-from-extinction were not fully reliable for the single- and multiple-context group differences that we observed in (1) rates of extinction and (2) the strength of context inhibition. Thus, although evidence was obtained for a protection from-extinction account of response recovery, this account can not explain all of the data.

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Accepted/In Press date: 13 April 2013
Published date: 13 April 2013
Keywords: associative learning, inhibition, extinction, renewal

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Local EPrints ID: 351232
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/351232
ISSN: 1543-4494
PURE UUID: cebe8757-fe95-47f4-b855-5b38cfd1e766
ORCID for Steven Glautier: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-3268

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Author: Steven Glautier ORCID iD
Author: Tito Elgueta
Author: James Byron Nelson

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